Track sweeping and oiling device.



W. R. NATHANIEL.

TRACK SWEEPING AND OILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.6. 1912.

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sA'rs PATENT onirica l WALTER R. NATHANIEL, or HOUSTON, TEXAS.

TRACK SWEPING AND OILINGv DEVICE.

1o all tti/20m t may concern n Be it known that I, WALTER R. NATHAN-IRL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the countyof Harris and State of Texas, have invented new and'use.

ful Improvements in Track Sweeping and Giling Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y y

This invention relates to a track sweeping and oiling device and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide an improved.

oiling device which is so constructed that it may be yieldably held inan inoperative position and moved into engagement with the track bymeans of a plunger whenv desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed which is so constructed that it will be strong and durable andnot liable to easily get out showing the same in conjunction with aplatv form of a car, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, Fig. 3 is afragmentary sectional view of the device.

In the accompanying Vdrawings the numeral 1 indicates the body portionor frame work of the device which body por- Y tion carries the dischargetube 6 adjacent one end. The upper end of this discharge spout 6kextends above the body portion as shown clearly in Fig. 3 to provide asleeve 2 telescoping upon the lower end portion of the pipe 3. rThispipe 3 passes through an opening formed in the platform a of a car andcarries the oil tank 9, the outlet spout 10 fits into the upper endportion of the pipe 3 and is normally closed by a valve 13. This valve13 is yieldably held in a closed position by 4the springs 15 and isprovided with an operating stem 14 so that it may be moved to aninoperative position to permit oil to pass through the pipe 3 into thedischarge spout 6. In order to yieldably support the body portion 1 anddischarge'. spout 6 there has been provided springs 5 which areconnected at their upper ends with ears 4 and have their lower endsconnected with Specicaton of LettersPatent.

Application filed August 6, 1912. 'Serial No. 713,644.

Patented rieb. 15,1916.

vthe vbody4 portion and discharge spout. It

will thereforebe k.seeii'that the body portion and discharge spoutmay benormally .held

in a raised position but that they may he moved to an operative positionwhen desired by means of the plunger 16, the plunger being connectedwith the body portion at 18 and provided with a handle 19. Y

' The forward end portion 21 of the body portionis hingedly connectedwith the rear end portion for horizontal swinging Inove-l ment andk isyieldably held in a normal position by the springs! 23 which arepositioned between the forward end portion of the body portion and thefree end portion of the yoke arms 20 vextending from the rear endportion of the body portion. The free end portion of the rod 21 whichforms the forward end portion of the body portion 1 1s bent downwardlyas shown at 30 and terminates `in a plow 31 which fits into thedepression of the rail indicated by the numeral 8 to remove hardenedsubstances which may have gathered in the rail.

To the rear of the arm' 30 which supports the plow there has beenprovided depending arms 25 vwhich extend from the sleeves -24 and carrythe springs 26 between which the handle or standardv 28 of the brush ismounted. Therefore the brush will be yieldably mounted and can have freemovement in' a plurality of directions'due to the action of the springs23 and 26. Y

When this device is in use it is mounted as shown in Fig. 1 and oil isplaced in the receptacle 9 through the inlet 11 which is then closed bymeans of the cap 12. As theL car passes over the track the cleaning andoiling mechanism will be normally held in a raised position by thelsprings 5. When it is desired to bring the cleaning and oiling mechanisminto use the plunger 16 is moved to force the body portion downwardlythus Vbringing the plow and broom into engage* ment with the rail andalso bringthe free end of` the discharge spout into close engagementwith the rail.4` The plow will remove stones and other Yarticles fromthe groove of the track and will also loosen any dirt which may havecollected in the groove.

The broom will then sweep the track clear and the oil which passes intothe discharge spout` when the valve 13 is raised will drop upon the railand lubricate the same. When the plunger is released the springs 5 willreturn the frame or body portion to its nor- .body portion, a tubularmember slidably connected with the upper end portion of said outletspout, a receptacle carried by said tubular member, a spring connectedwith said body portion and With said tubular member, and a springconnected with said tubular member and with said outlet spout.

2. A device of the character described comprising a body portion, anoutlet spout positioned beneath said body portion .With its upper endconnected With the same, a tubular member positioned above said bodyportion with its lower end slidably connected With the upper end portionof said outlet spout, a reservoir carried by said tubular member, aspring connected with said body portion and With said tubular member, asecond spring connected with said tubular member and With said outletspout, and means for moving said body portion into and out of anoperative position.

3. A device of the character described comprising a body portion, anoutlet spout connected with said body portion, a reservoir, a tubularmember supporting said reservoir and connected With the upper end ofsaid outlet spout whereby the contents of said reservoir may passthrough said tubular member into said outlet spout, resilient meansconnected With said body portion and tubular member, and resilient meansconnected with said outlet spout and tubular member.

WALTER R. NATHANEL.

llitnesses WILLIAM STAFFORD, NATHAN WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fiveV cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

